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Why Meditate — When I Could Be Sweeping the Garage?

I’ve tried meditating a few times – a very few times. I’m well read on the subject, however. Indeed, I’ve spent way more time reading about meditation than I’ve spent doing it.

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Book Openers: How’d He Get an Audience with Her?

By Barbara Falconer Newhall Yes. That’s me with the Pope. OK, he’s cardboard. But I’m real. The cardboard Pope and I were at Moscone Center West in San Francisco on Saturday afternoon for the combined conference of the American Academy of Religion and the Society of Biblical Literature. He was at the Ignatius Press booth [...]

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The Writing Room: Writing Tips from Jasmin Darznik of “Good Daughter” Fame

Writing tips from Jasmin Darznik: “The big lie of memoir is that the story ends.”

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Book Openers: Memoiring in the Mountains with the Bestselling Jasmin Darznik

I first met Jasmin Darznik back in 2006, and right away she presented a problem. We were in the same nonfiction writing workshop at Squaw Valley and I didn’t know what to say about her manuscript.

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Book Openers: A Shameless Plug for a Mouthy Family Friend

Merle Haggard, Bill Graham, Jerry Garcia, Bonnie Raitt — Joel Selvin knew/knows them all.

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